David Pogue wrote a piece in last week’s New York Times on some good ideas for iPhone and iPad apps that his readers have sent in. Sometimes it feels like all the good app ideas have been done before, but obviously that’s not actually the case! In general the apps that resonated the most for [...]
In the June 2010 issue of Juiced.GS, I argue that Apple’s mobile products could not be any more different in spirit than their original consumer computer, the Apple II, with regard to application development. The manual of every Apple II product, including the last Apple IIe sold in 1993, encouraged every user to write their [...]
The iBooks app and the Kindle app are the top 2 ways to read books on the iPad. What are the pros and cons of each? The Kindle app–the good Incredibly large selection of books. Pricing is very low, usually $10, even for new “hardcover” books. Out of copyright books are available for free through [...]
Now that the iPad has sold 1 million units, all the accessories companies are fighting each other to make the coolest items to go with it. On our most recent visit to the Apple Store, they told us that the Apple-made case ($39) is way sold out and won’t be back in for at least [...]
We just finished up a development project for a new client–we created custom apps for the iPad, for the client to use at a big presentation to a potential new client. Each of the 5 iPads was custom configured with the following: special lock screen, with the company logo illustration for the desktop pattern that [...]
For our immediate impressions on the iPad in our first 24 hours of use, click here. Overall we found it very cool, not all that novel (if you’ve been using an iPhone or iPod Touch for awhile), and not necessarily something that will change your life. Fun for reading books and doing crosswords on the [...]
